The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 30, 1978
Waning Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 AM
6:19 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 688
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.2° / 203.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 15.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.63° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.00° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.66° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.